A re-issue of the evocative and nostalgic account of Lee's country childhood in a secluded Cotswold valley. Lee describes a vanished rural world of village schools and church outings but also touches on the darker side of village life as it comes into contact with murder, rape, suicide and depression.

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From the Inside Flap:

A wonderfully vivid memoir of Laurie Lee?s childhood and youth in a remote Cotswold village.